Overview of Zombieland

1. Zombieland overview
Storyline:
The filmstarts withthe mainprotagonistexplainingthatthe worldhasbecome overrunbyZombies.
Initiallywe are inthe first-person-viewof someonewakingupafterbeing unconscious,andthen
shortlyaftersurprisedby andpouncedonby a zombie andkilled.Thisraisesthe question How has
the narrator survived?He introducesthe first4rulesof hislistof rulestosurvive Zombieland.Every
7time he listsa rule,someone On-screendiesfornotfollowingthatrule,whetheritbeingfat,
hesitant, ignorantornotfocused.The remainderof the openingare slow motionshotsof the
Zombie apocalypse-takingplace,withzombieschasingandkillingscreaminghumansleft,right,
centre,andin the weirdestof places.
Narrative structures Five act structure
Broadlylinearnarrative butincludescharacterflashbackssmallcastof
characters one mainnarrative thread- gettopacificplayland/findatwinkie
Real worldsetting-butpost-apocalypticreal world.
Narrative theory Broadlylinearnarrative butincludescharacterflashbackssmallcastof
characters one mainnarrative thread- gettopacificplayland/findatwinkie
Real worldsetting-butpost-apocalypticreal world
Genre It’sa horror-comedy
Geneticconventions The geneticconventionsthatIgatheredfromzombielandare:
 A tightcommunityof protagonists
 Isolation
 Apocalypticworld(smoke,dust,dirty,trash)
 Contrastbetweenslow andfastediting
 Kineticcamerasforfightscenes
 Abandonedareas
 Urban but desertedlocations
 Want to survive
Representations Afterwatchingzombieland Igetthe impressionthatthere isahidden
morale to the film, Ithinkthatthe message of whenwe worktogetherwe
can do anythingisdefiantlyamessage thatIgatheredfromzombieland.I
believethisasthe groupof protagonistsinthe filmthatworktogetherto
survive the zombie apocalypse againstseeminglyimpossibleoddsshiwsthe
importance of teamwork.
Editing The openingsequence usessoundeffectivelytostartle the audience at
timesduringthe openingsequence,suchasinthe bathroomscene and
whenthe zombie jumpsoutatthe start.These sort of loud,sharpsounds
are common of the horror genre andtheirpurpose istomake the audience
jump. There are additional soundtracksplayinginthe background
throughoutthe openingsequence whichsoundstrange,suchasat the very
start whatsoundslike the beginningof the Americannational anthemon
electricguitarsoonturnssour muchlike somethingturningintoazombie.
veryrelevanttoa movie basedaroundthe livingdead.Allmusicandsounds
usedwithinthe openingsequence are eitherlow-pitchtonesorhigh-pitch,
nothingevernormal.Thisisusual of the horror genre,aslow-pitchtones

2. are designedtocause discomfortandbuildtensionwhilehigh-pitchtones
add tensionorsurprisedtoa scene.
Sound Most shotsin the openingare continuityeditedtogethertomake itseem
like everythingisshotfromasingle camera,evenbyzoomingouttoget a
goodviewof the half-destroyed planetthenzoomingbackinto another
part, all inone motion.Thiseffectisverycomfortable forthe eyesbutvery
strange on the mind.The maineditinginthe title sequence isthe factall
shotsare inslow motion,seeingeverysingle dropof bloodfromazombies
mouthsplatterfloors,wallsandwindows.The effectof thisiscreatinga
tensionbetweenbeautyandhorroras each shotseamlesslyfadesin
betweeneachother,withthe final shotfadingtoblacksignifyingclosure.